2011湖南高考英语一轮复习：模块七 Unit 2 Fit for life健康生活.pptVIP

However，it was not until World War II that two other scientists，Howard Florey and Ernst Chain，managed to use new chemical techniques to purify it.然而，直到二战期间，另外两个科学家Howard Florey 和 Ernst Chain 才用新的化学技术设法把它纯净。 含有not...until...的强调句型： 其强调句型结构为：It is/was not until＋被强调部分＋that＋其他句子成分。 I didn’t realize she was a famous film star until/till she took off her dark glasses. →It was not until she took off her dark glasses that I realized she was a famous film star. 直到她摘下墨镜，我才意识到她是位著名的影星。 27.(2008年重庆卷)It was not until midnight________they reached the camp site. A．that B．when C．while D．as 【解析】　句意为：直到午夜他们才到达营地。it was not until...that...强调句结构。 【答案】　A 28．(2004年湖北卷)It was________back home after the experiment. A．not until midnight did he go B．until midnight that he didn’t go C．not until midnight that he went D．until midnight when didn’t go 【解析】　句意为：直到午夜他才做完实验回家。it was not until...that...强调句结构。 【答案】　C It was over a decade before someone else turned penicillin into the great drug of the 20th century.十年之后其他科学家才把盘尼西林变成了20世纪伟大的药品。 It is/was/will some time before...表“多久之后才……”。 该句型主句中be动词的时态常是一般将来时或过去时两种时态，主句中的表语多是long，not long，days，weeks 等表示时间段的词或短语。 It will be not long before we meet again. 不久我们就会再见面的。 It will be some time before we know the full results. 再过些时候我们才能知道全部结果。 29.(2007年安徽卷)The field research will take Joan and Paul about five months；it will be a long time________we meet them again. A．after B．before C．since D．when 【解析】　句意为：这个项目的研究要花掉琼和保尔大约五个月的时间。我们要过很长时间才能再见面。before常与一段时间连用意为：才，就。 【答案】　B 30．—How long do you think it will be________China sends a manned spaceship to the moon? —Perhaps two or three years. A．when B．until C．that D．before 【解析】　句意为：你认为中国多久以后才会向月球发射载人飞船。句式中的before表“……才”或“……就”。又如：It was just two weeks before the book was published.两周之后书就出版了。 【答案】　D 31．Scientists say it may be five or six years________it is possible to test this medicine on human patients. A．since B．after C．before D．when 【解析】　句意为：科学家说可能在五六年